I couldn't stand watching my precious angel go through so much torture. After the first day, I needed a break. I asked Dragon to watch her, and Dugan (who, after becoming great friends with Dragon, followed me around with him like a second bodyguard) accompanied me to the throne room.
My hand was on my head, covering my eyes, trying to rub out the memories of her shrill screams and cries for help to extinguish the fire. Dugan opened the large oak doors for me, and a scent so familiar and so incredibly tantalizing filled my nostrils. My head snapped up, and my eyes took in the beautiful form of my king lounging in his throne, smiling at me.
"Alec!" I cried, crossing the room in a mili-second and throwing myself in his arms. He showered me with kisses, all over my face and down my neck.
"I've missed you so much!" I whimpered, holding him closer to me.
"I've missed you more. But, on a positive note, we have both fulfilled our missions successfully." He said, then threw a quick glance backwards. I sniffed the air again. Sure enough, there were many new vampire scents that seemed to be emanating out of the "party" room, where Aro brought me when I first came here. The place where I first saw Alec.
"Oh Alec, she is adorable. You have to see her," I said, tugging on his hand. He stayed right where he was, though, and looked questioningly at the auburn-haired glorious boy leaning casually against the wall in the back.
"Would you care to introduce me first, love?" Alec asked, pulling me closer and kissing my cheek. From the corner of my eye, I saw Dugan grimace. It hurt me too. His pain is my pain.
"Oh yes. Dugan, this is Alec, my husband and your new king," I said, and Dugan bowed low and respectively.
"And Alec, this is Dugan. He is hoping to join the guard. His power is memory creating and erasing. I figured it would be useful," I said with a shrug.
"Oh, yes, that is a wonderful power. You would be gladly accepted onto the guard. How did you two meet?" Alec asked, getting up to shake Dugan's hand. I stayed sitting, watching as my two loves locked their fingers in a firm yet friendly grip.
"I knew Dugan from my human life. We were old friends." I said non-chalantantly..
"Really? Wow." Alec said, astonished at the one-in-a-million chance that I had come across.
"Yes, I'm so glad Des and I have reunited. The last time I saw her was 3 days before her disappearance, right after she agreed to marry me." Dugan said mischievously. My jaw dropped. Alec went rigid. I could NOT believe Dugan had told Alec that. I thought it would be our little secret.
"Agreed...to..marry you?" Alec asked, his voice a dead calm that was more frightening than if he had bellowed.
"Happiest moment of my life." Dugan smirked at Alec's anger. What is he doing?! His chance at a place on the guard is slipping away like melted butter.
"You never mentioned this, Destiny." Alec turned his stony gaze my way. I gulped.
"I didn't even remember. Honestly. You know I have trouble remembering my human life. I forgot about everything; Dustin, where I lived, Dugan. It was the past anyways, Alec. There is absolutely NOTHING between Dugan and I now. Just friendship." I assured him, speeding to his side and wrapping my arms around his neck. He sighed, placing his hands on my hips, and swooped down for a intimate, lingering kiss that made my senses tingle and my whole body ignite with fiery passion.
When he released me from the lusty trance, I realized Dugan's hands were clenched in tight fists, his jaw was locked, and he was glaring at a random point in the ceiling. With his hair swooped to the side, I could see the red-hot anger that was brewing in the scarlet depths of his eyes.
"Libby!" Alec suddenly called out. Out of literally no where, a petite girl that was only about and inch taller than me with wavy mahogany hair and huge amber eyes appeared at our side.
"Yes master?" She asked in one of those voices that is so beautiful and calm that it soothes you as soon as you hear it. I was a little surprised at her calling him master. I didn't think Alec wanted that...
"Libby, this is Dugan our newest member. Please show him his new room." Alec said with a smile that showed he had strong affections for the girl. Though it seemed like only a brother-sister relationship they shared, it still caused a flood of jealousy to overcome me. Was... Was Alec trying to make me jealous? That is so unlike him....
I smiled and acted like nothing was wrong. When the girl noticed me, she gasped.
"My queen," She said, bowing as Dugan had done with Alec. I felt awkward. What was I suppose to say?
"Lovely to meet you, Libby." Was all I could think of. For some reason, I felt dull and lame next to this gorgeous girl with her bright, colorful features. She has red tinted all over, in her hair, her lips, her eyes, the copper tan that lingered under her pale palor. I have no color. Blond hair, pale skin, light topaz eyes. There was nothing interesting about me. I had never felt like this before.
She grabbed Dugan's hand as if they were old friends, and began prancing away with him. Her moves were so much like my dear friend Alice's that it made my heart ache. And that ache was coupled with the jealousy that came with her holding Dugan's hand so tightly, her hips swaying against him when she moved. I turned my back on them. I didn't want to see it.
"Is a room for Faith being made?" I asked. I don't remember ever telling Alec that her name was Faith, but he knew exactly who I was talking about.
"Yes, everything is being taken care of. She will love her new home." He promised. His words were cheery, but his voice was vacant, monotone. He was standing slightly hunched. His hair was flopping into his eyes but he didn't seem to care enough to push it away.
His eyes were cold and lifeless. They were like old, black granite that was cracked, and beneath those cracks was angry lava sloshing around. It was terrifying. And what was even scarier was that he was staring straight at me. He had NEVER in all the time I've known him looked at me that way. Usually when his eyes hit mine, they are filled with love and devotion. Not now, though.
"Whats wrong?" I whispered, reaching out to stroke his face. And as my small fingertips touched his cheek, his stony appearance faded. He grabbed my hand, holding my wrist to his face as he inhaled deeply.
"Nothing. I'm sorry, I've been a little out of it lately. I've missed you so much. Come on, Faith still has a day and a half before the change is done. Lets get out of here, by ourselves." He said seductively. The sudden need to have him all over me took me by surprise, and I grabbed his hand and together we ran.
I wasn't paying attention, but I knew he had been when we arrived in the small, beautiful sanctuary where he had proposed to me. We went and sat on the same boulder we had originally sat on. I ran my hand through the plush moss, reminiscing. So much has happened since then..
Alec suddenly turned his solemn gaze my way. His eyes were not as they had been in Volterra, but there was still something off about them. Something was wrong, but I just couldn't figure out what..
"Something isn't right with you," I stated as my mind scrambled, trying to figure out what it was. And like a skilled actor taking on a new role, his coldness faded and he was his usual self again. Of course I could tell it was all a facade, but until he decided to spill whatever it is that he is keeping so carefully stored up, I will just pretend everything is normal.
"I don't know what you're talking about. Everything is perfect with me. I have completed my first task as king, I will soon have an adorable daughter, and I have reunited with my gorgeous wife. Nothing could be better." He said with a joyful smile. It was so convincing. But there were still traces of utter dread laced throughout his face. It manifested in the smallest things; the heavy lines of his smile that shows it is forced, the way his eyelids droop a fraction of a centimeter, his posture being much too relaxed instead of tensed and ready for everything as it usually is. It was frightening.
"So, um, who is that Libby girl.." I tried, and failed miserably, to conceal the appalling amount of jealousy that had me in its grip. For a split second, I could have sworn I saw a trace of sinister happiness at my envy. But it was gone in a flash, replaced with confusion. I couldn't tell if it was real or fake.
"Libby? Shes just a girl, worked as a secret agent for the FBI, pretty badass I'd say. Her power is teleportation, but it only works on herself. Shes become like an assistant slash secretary to me," He said with a shrug.
"She just has it all, now doesn't she? Beautiful, dangerous, cool power. Isn't she just fabulous." I said sarcastically, glaring downwards. I was being petty and childish, but I couldn't help it. I may be a vampire, but I am a girl and I do get jealous.
"Yeah, I guess. But she can't even come close to this girl I met a while back. This girl she was just...wow. And everyone thought so. She had the most beautiful golden hair in the world, stunning butterscotch eyes that I could stare into forever, and the sexiest body I have ever seen. She was sweet, considerate, funny, understanding, and overall, perfect. I fell for her hard." He said, taking on a tone that made it seem as if he was talking about some past life. I couldn't help myself, I laughed.
"Oh, she doesn't sound so great. Nothing compared to this boy I met once upon a time. He was amazing, with silky black hair and deep charcoal eyes. The girls were crazy for him. Perceptive, daring, dark, mysterious, hilarious, kind, romantic. He was the true definition of perfect. But he had committed one lethal crime.. He had stolen my heart. And as punishment, he was forced to spend all eternity with some spoiled, jealous brat who had the nerve to call herself a queen." I said with grin. He laughed.
"Spoiled, jealous brat? So basically, the exact opposite of you?" I laughed at the lame line.
"Sure, sure," I replied with a roll of my eyes.
"Well, maybe brats turn him on." He said in a husky voice. And then he was on me.
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I didn't know if you guys would approve of a real sex scene between them, so I decided to stop here. Let me know if its okay, and I'll have the next chapter up ASAP since I already have it written!